TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2017 SPORTS LOS ANGELES: Milwaukee Brewers’ Travis Shaw, second from right, tries to avoid a tag by Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal, second from left, as he tries to score on a single by Domingo Santana while home plate umpire Gabe Morales, left, watches along with Neil Walker, center, and Yu Darvish, of Japan, during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday in Los Angeles. —AP BASEBALL Stanton hits 50 HR to help Marlins beat Padres MIAMI: Giancarlo Stanton hit his 50th 20-0 in the series. It’s the first time the sun, Starlin Castro had four hits and the runs and four hits. San Francisco has lost threw seven scoreless innings to earn his home run to break an eighth-inning tie, Cleveland has posted three straight Yankees took advantage of a record five four of five to fall to 52-80. first major league victory. Giolito (1-1) helping the Miami Marlins sweep the San shutouts since 1956. Kansas City hasn’t errors by the Mariners in the first inning. allowed three hits in his second start with Diego Padres with a 6-2 victory on Sunday. scored in 34 consecutive innings, a team Mariners shortstop Jean Segura committed ATHLETICS 8, RANGERS 3 the White Sox after they acquired him in a Stanton became the first National League record and the longest drought in the three early miscues - two on one play. Third Matt Olson and Matt Chapman hit con- December trade with Washington. Matt player to reach 50 homers since Prince majors this season. Royals left-hander Eric baseman Kyle Seager and left fielder Ben secutive homers in the second inning, and Davidson homered and Yolmer Sanchez had Fielder hit 50 for Milwaukee in 2007. Skoglund (1-2) was charged with seven Gamel also botched balls as the Yankees the Athletics beat the Rangers to complete three hits for the White Sox, who have won Stanton’s 17th homer in August tied him for runs and seven hits in 1 1/3 innings. scored six runs, one earned, in the first a three-game sweep. Shin-Soo Choo hit his four of five. Ian Kinsler hit his 14th home run the second-most in MLB history in the inning against Andrew Albers (2-1). That 16th home run and the Rangers added an for the Tigers, who lost for the 16th time in month, behind Rudy York’s 18 in 1937. With PHILLIES 6, CUBS 3 made it an unusually easy afternoon for unearned run, but managed little else 21 games. Matthew Boyd (5-8) allowed five the score 2-all, Dee Gordon singled to lead Rookie Rhys Hoskins homered for the fifth Tanaka (10-10), who entered 0-6 with an against Jharel Cotton (7-10) and three runs and seven hits in six innings. off the eighth. Stanton then drove a 2-1 straight game and made a diving catch to 11.81 ERA in seven starts during the day this relievers. Blake Treinen retired five batters pitch from Clayton Richard (6-13) into the start a game-changing triple play in the fifth season. He struck out 10 while pitching sev- for his seventh save. The loss dropped Texas PIRATES 5, REDS 2 hedge in center field. The All-Star slugger inning, leading Philadelphia to the victory. en innings of one-run ball. New York took three games behind Minnesota for the sec- John Jaso and Starling Marte each also walked, doubled home a run and sin- Nick Williams also connected for the Phillies, two of three in the series and moved within ond AL wild card. Rangers right-hander A.J. drove in two runs as Pittsburgh earned its gled in four plate appearances, hiking his who have gone deep in nine straight games, 2 1/2 games of first-place Boston in the AL Griffin (6-5) was charged with three runs second straight win. A.J. Schugel (3-0) average to .296. He increased his RBI total to hitting 20 homers over that span. Hoskins led East after Baltimore completed a three- and five hits in 3 1/3 innings. pitched two scoreless innings and Felipe 108, a career high. Dan Straily, Kyle off the eighth with a drive to left-center to game sweep at Fenway Park with a 2-1 vic- Rivero got three outs for his 16th save. The Barraclough (5-1) and two other pitchers give him 11 home runs in his first 18 games, tory. Seattle’s five errors were the most in METS 6, NATIONALS 5, 1st game last-place Reds left 11 runners on base, combined on a seven-hitter. The Marlins’ becoming the fastest in major league history an inning in club history. The previous NATIONALS 5, METS 4, 2nd game including three in the ninth, while slipping three-game sweep and fourth consecutive to reach 11 homers. Hoskins, who has 24 major league team to make five errors in Sean Doolittle allowed a run before to 2-4 on their nine-game homestand. victory overall gave them 13 wins in the RBIs, was called up from Triple-A Lehigh one inning was the 1977 Chicago Cubs, improving to 13-for-13 in save opportunities Reds rookie Tyler Mahle (0-1) allowed past 16 games. Valley on Aug 10. Nick Pivetta (5-9) allowed according to the Elias Sports Bureau. with Washington and the Nationals took three runs and four hits in five innings in three runs in five innings to get the win. advantage of four straight walks by Mets his first major league start. He walked four TWINS 7, BLUE JAYS 2 Hector Neris worked a perfect ninth for his ORIOLES 2, RED SOX 1 pitchers to salvage a doubleheader split. and hit a batter. — AP Byron Buxton homered three times and 16th save. Anthony Rizzo drove in two runs Adam Jones and Trey Mancini hit back- Doolittle gave up an RBI single to Jose Reyes set a career high with five RBIs, powering the for the NL Central-leading Cubs. John Lackey to-back RBI doubles against Doug Fister in with two outs in the ninth, but then got Twins to the win. Buxton had four hits, (10-10) yielded five runs, four earned, and six the first inning, and the Orioles held on for a Juan Lagares to line out to left to stay per- scored four runs and stole a base in his first hits in five innings. three-game sweep of the AL East-leading fect in save chances since a mid-July trade career multihomer game. Kyle Gibson (8-10) Red Sox. One outing after his shocking one- from Oakland. Tanner Roark (11-8) pitched pitched into the seventh inning as Minnesota BREWERS 3, DODGERS 2 hitter, in which he gave up a leadoff homer six innings of three-run ball and Adam Lind earned a rare series victory north of the bor- Jimmy Nelson took a no-hit bid into the and held the Indians hitless the rest of the had a homer and two RBIs for Washington der. Coming into the day, the Twins had a sixth inning and the Brewers beat Yu way, Fister (3-7) again struggled in the first in the nightcap. Anthony Rendon and half-game lead over the Angels and Mariners Darvish in his return from the disabled list. inning before settling down. But this time Wilmer Difo each added two hits, and in the race for the second AL wild card. Hernan Perez homered and Domingo the Red Sox couldn’t erase the early deficit, Washington took advantage of four straight Minnesota has won a major league-best 15 Santana had two hits and an RBI for stranding 13 and batting 1 for 13 with run- walks __ three by reliever Hansel Robles (7- games since Aug. 6. Nori Aoki homered for Milwaukee, which took two of three at ners in scoring position. It was the fourth 5) - in the sixth inning to force a split of the the Blue Jays, who have dropped seven of Dodger Stadium. The Brewers pulled within straight loss for Boston, matching its four-game series. Amed Rosario hit a solo nine. Joe Biagini (3-9) allowed five runs and two games of the first-place Cubs in the NL longest losing streak of the season. homer in the eighth inning to lift New York nine hits in 3 2/3 innings. Central. Los Angeles had gone 19-0-3 in Baltimore’s Wade Miley (8-10) allowed one to a win in the first game. Jerry Blevins (6-0) series since dropping two of three games at run in five-plus innings. Brad Brach got the got the win and A.J. Ramos worked two INDIANS 12, ROYALS 0 home against Washington from June 5-7. last five outs for his 17th save as the Orioles innings for his 25th save in 27 chances. Joe Yan Gomes hit a grand slam to highlight Nelson (10-6) was charged with two runs in won their fourth in a row. Blanton (2-3) got the loss. Cleveland’s nine-run second inning, and 6 2/3 innings. Corey Knebel worked the the AL Central-leading Indians completed a ninth for his 29th save. Darvish (8-10) lasted ASTROS 7, ANGELS 5 RAYS 3, CARDINALS 2, 10 INNINGS three-game shutout sweep. Carlos only five innings. Brian McCann tripled with the bases Logan Morrison hit his second homer of Carrasco (13-6) allowed six hits in seven loaded in the eighth inning, rallying the game in the 10th inning, sending Tampa innings, and the Indians, who haven’t given YANKEES 10, MARINERS 1 Houston to the road win.